- Our list of the best things to do in Wausau, Wisconsin, features the top 20 nearby activities — including 12 great attractions with user approval ratings of 90% or more!
- Wausau, WI has a variety of great sights and experiences nearby. Top categories include: Museums & Galleries, Outdoor Places, Entertainment & Shows, and Amusement.
- The results below include the top 20 things to do within the city of Wausau, WI
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Italian eatery makes pizzas with quality ingredients like homemade sausage and fresh mozzarella from Wisconsin
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700 North Twelfth Street, Wausau, WI 54403
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The Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum contains over 2,000 works with a special emphasis on art that shows animals from around the world. The works include 125 Victorian glass baskets, nearly 100 Dorothy Doughty Royal Worcester porcelain bird figures, and hundreds of decorative glassware and porcelain items.
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The mountain at Rib Mountain State Park is one of the oldest geological formations on earth. The park contains an amphitheater; facilities for picnicking, hiking trails, a 60-foot observation tower, downhill skiing, and terrain parks.
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The Wausau Area Performing Arts Foundation operates the Grand Theatre that seats 1200 guests for stage performance. The Arts Block/Grand Theatre also contains 4,300 square foot Great Hall; the Caroline S. Mark Gallery that can be used for exhibitions; B.A. & Esther Greenheck Lounge, and the Loft for meetings.
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The 700 foot high Granite Peaks is a ski resort within Rib Mountain State Park with 500 snowguns. The ski resort has 74 runs and five terrain parks and has the Midwest's longest high-speed chairlift.
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Offering guided tours, the Yawkey House Museum was originally built in 1901 and housed a prominent family involved in the local logging and paper industries. The museum contains period furnishings and clothing as well as other artifacts on display.
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Visitors are welcome at Lil' Ole Winemaker Shoppe in Wausau. Along with wine tasting parties, guests can shop for wines at the gift shop, or sample wines/coffees in the bar.
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Spanning a total distance of 4,900-acres of land, Nine Mile Forest is a wooded forest that features hiking trails that can be used for running, biking, and cross-country skiing. The forest is characterized by marshes, uplands, and water impoundments.
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With a quarter mile racing oval, the State Park Speedway hosts a variety of racing events as well as memorial races for drivers who lost their lives while competing. There is off-site parking with a free shuttle offering advance tickets.
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Visitors can spend a relaxing day among the natural beauty of the Robert W. Monk Public Gardens. The pet-friendly gardens are an urban sanctuary and feature walking trails, tree houses, flower gardens and gazebos.
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At Sylvan Tubing Hill, tubers find a 1200-foot tubing hill, the longest in the state of Wisconsin. The facility also has three miles of cross-country skiing trails, along with picnicking facilities and a playground.